Mental Health Terms

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Across
  1. 5. Term used in a court of law; refers to defendants ability to testify
  2. 6. Taking a stimuli away to promote a behavior (I.e. taking Advil to stop pain, you will now take Advil when you’re in pain)
  3. 7. Mental illness classified by breakdown between thoughts, emotions, and behavior leads to bizarre and inappropriate behavior and beliefs
  4. 8. Defined by manic episodes that last at least 7 days, or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care
  5. 11. A repetitive behavior or thought in response to an obsession
  6. 12. Type of mental disorder classification in which your general emotional state or mood is distorted or inconsistent with your circumstances and interferes with your ability to function
  7. 15. Precedes the onset of a condition and is also associated with a heightened likelihood of the condition developing
Down
  1. 1. Coined by Freud; describes mental contents that are not presently conscious but are accessible
  2. 2. Type of mental disorder classification in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving
  3. 3. Confused with psychopathy; mostly refers to antisocial personality disorder
  4. 4. Classified by the absence of a behavior; can be used to diagnose certain mental illnesses
  5. 9. Refers to body’s response to disease
  6. 10. Similar to symptoms; objectively observed by professional
  7. 13. Term used in a court of law; answers if whether the defendant should be held accountable
  8. 14. Is definitive; this will happen as a result of this